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Study Finds Dogs Descended from two Populations of Ancient Wolves
Dogs are thought to be descended from wolvesPhoto by Kieran White on Unsplash. From sniffing out drugs in airports to helping people with disabilities as guides, no animal is closer and more beloved to us than dogs. Most of us can’t imagine a future without dogs. However, dogs were not always mankind’s best friend. They were once ferocious predators that roamed the wilderness.
Mother and Daughter Reunited 50 Years After Moroccan Father Abducts the Child
This is the emotional moment a woman was finally reunited with her daughter after 50 yearsITV. When Hazel Chick’s Moroccan husband took their 18-month-old daughter Sanae to Morocco, the husband returned four weeks later and claimed that he had “given” the daughter away to his childless sister. Never did the husband talk to Hazel Chick nor did have a permission giving away their daughter to his sister. However, 50 years later, mother and daughter were reunited after Sanae found out the people who raised her were not her biological parents.
A Gold Miner Finds a 35,000-Year-Old Frozen Woolly Mammoth
Nun cho ga Baby Woolly Mammoth found in Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Traditional Territory, Yukon, CanadaYukon Government. A young Canadian gold miner has found a 35,000-year-old woolly mammoth which scientists are saying is the most incredible finding of a mummified ice age animal ever discovered in the world. Paleontologists believe the woolly mammoth was approximately a little over a month old when it died.
Marine Archaeologists Find the Lost Head of Hercules After 2000 Years
The statue of Heracles discovered in 1900F. Tronchin. In the spring of 1900, a group of sponge divers sailing through the Aegean en route to North Africa stopped at the Greek Island of Antikythera to wait for favorable winds, one bored diver put on his diving dress and descended to a depth of 45 meters. However, the diver whose name was Elias Stadiatis, quickly signaled to be pulled up. He told his fellow crew members about the horrors he saw below.
The Peasant Mother Who Gave Birth to Sixty-Nine Babies
A woman who gave birth to 69 babies holds the Guinness world record of the most prolific mother. Mrs. Vassilyev from Shuya gave birth to 4 sets of quadruplets, seven sets of triplets, and 16 pairs of twins. Of her 69 children, 67 survived infancy.
The Mysterious Discovery of the World's First Illustrated Christian Bible
The oldest illustrated Bible, the Garima GospelsWikimedia Commons/Public Domain. When an English artist named Beatrice Payne visited Ethiopia in the 1940s, she toured the Abba Garima monastery in the Tigre region of Ethiopia. The monastery was founded in the 5th to early 6th century by Abba (Abba means father) Garima, who is thought to be a Byzantine prince.
Mystery Solved as Scientists Found the Origins of the Bubonic Plague
Plaque in Weymouth, England, noting the entrance of plague into the countryPublic Domain/WIkimedia. For centuries scientists have debated the origins of the bubonic plague, also known as the black death or the plague. The plague was a global pandemic that profoundly affected many nations’ social, economic, and religious lives. In Europe alone, 60% of the population was decimated, whereas a third of the middle eastern population succumbed to the disease.
The World's First Temple is Older than the Pyramids and the Stonehenge
A team of Turkish- American archaeologists has discovered the world’s first temple known to man in Gobekli Tepe, located in southeast Anatolia. Gobekli tepe in Turkish means pot belly. First discovered in a survey in 1963, excavations began in 1994–1995. By 1997, T- shaped 6meters high stone pillars built by neolithic communities 11500 years ago were unearthed.
Satellite Images Reveal the White Alps Are Turning Green Because of Climate Change
Satellite Images Reveal the White Alps Are Turning Green Because of Climate ChangeWikimedia. A high-resolution satellite data from 1984 to 2021 has, in a study published by researchers from the University of Lausanne and the University of Basel, found that the white alps are disappearing due to global warming.
Egypt's Extraterrestrial Stone Becomes the First Evidence of a Supernova on Earth
Samples of the extraterrestrial Hypatia stone next to a small coinUniversity of Johannesburg. After a recently concluded analysis, scientists now claim an extra-terrestrial stone found 25 years ago in an Egyptian desert is the first evidence on earth of a rare supernova explosion outside of our solar system. Researchers from the University of Johannesburg’s science faculty have concluded that the space rock, which they named “Hypatia,” is a remnant of a type la supernova.
NASA Baffled as Data From Space Telescope Indicates Something Weird Is Happening to the Universe
Named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble, the Hubble Space Telescope was built in the 1970s by the United States Space Agency (NASA) with the financial backing of the European Space Agency. The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990 into the Earth’s low orbit, making it a critical research tool for scientists.
Remembering Kurt Chew-Een Lee, an American War Hero and the First Asian-American Marine Officer
Major Kurt Lee during his interview at the Library of CongressWIKI. As soon as Mr. M. Young Lee, whose Chinese name meant “brilliant scholar,” immigrated to the US from Guangzhou, China, he traveled back to China to bring his wife, whom he had married in an arranged marriage, into the US. By 1926, the family had the first of their six children. The Lees’ firstborn was none other than the American war hero Kurt Chew-Een Lee.
The American Defector Who Became North Korea's John Wayne
On the noonday of August 15th, 1962, while American troops stationed in Korea’s demilitarized zone (also known as the DMZ) were lunching, a 21-year-old American soldier walked through a minefield and crossed on the other side. His name was private first-class James Joseph Dresnok.
Science says Blue-eyed and Dark-skinned People Lived in Britain 10,000 years ago
When a team of scientists used cutting-edge technology to sequence the DNA genome of Britain’s oldest and nearly complete skeleton, they were baffled by their findings. The skeletal remains, or Cheddar Man as scientists named him, is believed to be the earliest Briton who lived about 10,000 years ago. Cheddar Man was excavated in 1903 in Gough’s Cave at Cheddar Gorge, Somerset.
When Blue People Lived in the Hills of Kentucky
When a French orphan named Martin Fugate, in about 1820, married a local girl called Elizabeth Smith, the couple decided to settle on the banks of Troublesome Creek in Kentucky to claim a land grant. However, unknown to them, there was a recessive gene the couple carried which was called Met-H. The couple became parents to children who looked nothing like them. Their children’s color was blue.
His Neighbors Attacked him After Years of Unchecked Racial Abuse
Bijan Ebrahimi’s life reads like a sad novel, but on closer inspection, one finds a nurturing, gentle soul in the middle of what I can only describe as a nightmare. Born in Iran in 1969, Bijan, though too young at the time, his family, like many other Iranians, witnessed the final chapters of the Shah’s rule in Iran and the subsequent revolution. Merely three years after the revolution that brought Khomenei to power, Bijan’s mother was paralyzed by a stroke. Sadly, his mother passed away in 1991. A year later, his father fell ill and was diagnosed with cancer. Like his mother before, Bijan looked after his sick father until the day he passed away.
His Generosity & Naivety Made Him a Mark
Mehmet Hassan grew up in Bethnal Green, East London. The fifty-six-year-old’s life couldn’t be better; his gambling at the high stakes poker tables was earning him thousands of pounds, and his love life was getting more livelier than ever. Moreover, he was dating a gorgeous aspiring model half his age. On the night of the murder, Hassan wined and dined his date at the Mayfair Japanese restaurant Nobu in London before heading to the nearby Palm Beach Casino. Unbeknown to Hassan, that dinner would be his last meal; he was a man spending his very last night on earth. Hassan knew his date as Rachel; however, her real name was Leonie Granger, and she worked as a care assistant. She has misrepresented herself, and Mehmet Hassan had no clue the kind of person he allowed in his life.
Alabama's Terrible Roads Become Lethal
Alabama's highway 231 in February 2020Heartlandtv.com. On June 20th, 2021, ten people lost their lives on an Alabama highroad. Among the victims are a father and his infant daughter and eight other children who were traveling in a bus that belonged to the Alabama Sheriff’s youth ranches. The Alabama youth ranches provide Christian, family-style residential homes for Alabama’s needy, neglected, or abused school-age children. The tragic crash took place near the ranch on Interstate 65, approximately 120 miles southwest of Camp Hill, Alabama.
Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Reckless or Visionary?
Governor Mike Parson, moments before signing HB 85pbs.com. On Saturday the 12th of June 2021, Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed HB 85 into law, a bill that seeks to establish the “Second Amendment Preservation Act, which means Missouri law enforcement agencies are barred from executing federal gun laws. The new law also invalidates past, present, and future federal gun laws, effectively stopping the Missouri local police from assisting federal agents in enforcing federal gun laws.
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